Kazakhstan Nationbuilding and Kazakh Nationalism: A Debate

A new social activism has emerged in Kazakhstan, organized by different small groups self-defining as Kazakh nationalists. Who are they? What is their audience? What political and national projects do they advance? How do they position themselves toward the current authorities, the relationship to Russia, to the Islamic world, and to their Central Asian neighbors?
Join us for a discussion with activists representative of this new trend and a roundtable with DC-based experts:

Aidos Sarym, Altynbek Sarsenbayuly Foundation

Valikhan Tuleshov, Almaty Management University

Serik Beissembayev, Central Asia Program Visiting Fellow and Center of Social and Political Studies ‘Strategy’ in Almaty

Marat Raimkhanov, Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the University of Maryland

This event is part of the CAP series “Central Asia Policy Assessment”, generously funded by GW’s CIFF funds.

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